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$100 Creative Kids Voucher
NSW Government is offering a $100 voucher as a part of its Creative Kids program.
The voucher is available for school children aged 4.5 to 18 years old with the aim of getting more kids involved in creative and cultural activities.
National Disability Conference Initiative
The Australian Government is inviting applications in an open process to apply to deliver services under the Disability, Mental Health and Carer: National Disability Conference Initiative in 2019-2020.
The National Disability Conference Initiative provides grants to help people with disability to participate in nationally-focused disability-related conferences held in Australia.
NSW Heritage Grants and Funding Round is open
The NSW Department of Environment’s 2019-21 funding round is offering $6 million over a two-year period for its Heritage Grants.
The Heritage Grants Program is designed to help owners, custodians, managers and communities to know, value and care for their heritage.
SISP Drone Competition Winners!
Late last year the RDA Central West’s SISP Program gave Year 5 and 6 students from the Canobolas Academy of STEM Excellence (CASE) Partner Primary Schools the chance to win their own drone by creating a poster of a drone that make any job easier, faster and better.
Regional StartUp Challenge coming soon
If you have an idea for a startup business but don’t know where to start, the Upstairs Startup Hub in Bathurst is launching a challenge designed specifically for entrepreneurs and startup businesses in regional Australia.
The Regional Startup Challenge is a set of 10 short activities designed to take you from business hunch to business plan inside your lunch hour. (more…)
Discounts for new air conditioners
The NSW Government is offering discounts up to $1000 for the purchase of an energy efficient air conditioner.
The rebates are funded by the NSW Government’s Climate Change Fund initiative and will give households and small businesses a $200 – $1000 discount off the air conditioner installation price.
NSW Women of the Year awards open for nominations
Nominations are open for the 2019 NSW Women of the Year Awards.
Now in their eighth year, the NSW Women of the Year Awards recognise and celebrate the outstanding contribution made by women across NSW to industry, communities and society.
Central West Business Leaders Lunch in Bathurst
The Central West Business Leaders Group is hosting a lunch in Bathurst on 8th February.
The Central West Business Leaders is a business to business professional development group that works hard to ensure its members work successfully together to resolve common business issues with practical solutions.
Resilient Communities Small Grants
Local Land Services is offering grants between $1,000 and $5,000 for small rural communities to help build resilience.
Grants are available to communities who want to empower resilience and strength for community focused groups with a passion for what is important to them.
Energy efficiency funding for manufacturers
The New South Wales Government is offering funding assistance to help manufacturers trying to make their businesses more energy efficient.
Funding is available for businesses to; install energy efficient equipment and energy metering or to improve their manufacturing process.
Build Your Future Day for Year 5 and 6 students
More than 140 students from 7 local schools took part in the University of Newcastle’s Build Your Future Day in Orange on Monday 26th November.
Years 5 & 6 students used their science and engineering knowledge to win a series of challenges by building earthquake-proof towers, communicating through optical fibre, engineering water turbines, constructing bionic hands and more.
MSM Milling Incursion and Makey Makey session at Bowen Public School
On Wednesday 5th December, MSM Milling representatives James Karbowiak, Site Manager and Greg Lynch, Chemical Engineer generously shared their time for an incursion at Bowen Public School in Orange.
